AmberL

AmberL BSN

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  1. Not following care plan

    AmberL replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My coworkers and I always have 2 people in the room for a hoyer. I try to use gait belts all the time but sometimes I transfer people without. And some residents that are two people I can do by...

  2. CNA Certification question

    AmberL replied to aerorunner80's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree with everything that was said. I didn't have those kinda problems but I have some advice, my written test was basically common sense and when doing the skills test, we could tell the...

  3. Clinicals question??

    AmberL replied to Jenso79's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I was in clinicals we wore our navy blue scrubs we wore in class an we were mostly in pairs of students following an STNA on her rounds. Our teach would be arund to talk to us and see how we...

  4. When your STNA/CNA expires.

    AmberL replied to AmberL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks didn't think to look

  5. When your STNA/CNA expires.

    AmberL posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My friend and I were just talking and looking up our licensees on the Ohio state regristry and saw that both of us expire in Sept of next year? We were wondering what do we do? Do we have to retake...

  6. CNA salary

    AmberL replied to HisTreasure's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At my nursing home in Ohio I started out @ $10.25/hr three years ago and now make $11.30/hr. My friend only started out just above $9/hr three years ago. My cousin has been an aide for less than a...

  7. Calling All CNA's!

    AmberL replied to nightingale's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi everyone! I'm Amber and have been a STNA since April 14th 2004 and have been at the same nursing home since July 04. I work in a Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, we also have a geriatric side but I'm...

  8. How long did it take you to adjust?

    AmberL replied to Ready2BRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I took some time for me. I was 17 and the youngest and not everyone thought I could do my job. And families didnt want me to take care of thier relatives. Just stick it out, it gets better, I...

  9. interested in becoming a CNA/STNA (OH)

    AmberL replied to shrimpchips's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    1. Does anybody know of any CNA/STNA training programs in the Cleveland *OR* Akron area? Look around, a lot of nursing homes offer classes or go to a career center. thats where I went in high school...

  10. What do your uniforms look like?

    AmberL replied to Irene joy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I like wearing different tops, but it would be easir to tell people apart if each section wore different scrubs. My friend's nursing home does that. Everyone wears a different color to tell the nurses...

  11. 18 y/o RN!

    AmberL replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I went to a career center in my county for my junior and senior years. We became STNAs in our 3rd nine weeks of our junior year and then senior year was all basic nursing skills and getting...

  12. What do your uniforms look like?

    AmberL replied to Irene joy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At the LTCF I work at we( by we I mean, nurses, aides, housekeeping, laungry and kitchen staff, they only ones who dont is the nusiness office and administrator) can wear any scrubs we want w/...

  13. I passed.

    AmberL replied to butterfly3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congrats!

  14. how long have you been an aide?

    AmberL replied to RN2B78's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been a STNA for three years yesterday and @ my job for three years in